Max Keller

Max Keller

Background

Max Keller is a drifter in the United States. His father is Patrick T. Keller. Max's arrests include for fighting and disturbing the peace. He is a Vietnam War veteran. Max has a pet hamster named Henry. He has won the Clearwater Dirt Scrambles Annual motocross championship race. Max's mother died in a plane crash with his brother Jimmy. His mother wanted him to become an accountant. Max went to high school in Rodeo Hills, California and went to prom with Kathy Farmer.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 1 Max played by Timothy Van Patten

In Illinois, Max is thrown out of a bar by some bikers who were harassing a couple. He ties metal wires to a semi and other objects and then ties the other ends to the motorcycle tires of the bikers. When the bikers come out of the bar, Max drives his van towards them and they get on their motorcycles and chase after him, only to all crash due to their motorcycles being tied with the metal wires.

Max is driving through Ellerston, Pennsylvania when Holly Trumball runs up to his van and asks him for help. She gets in his van and they drive away. He introduces her to Henry and a car gets behind them and starts honking at them. The driver of the other vehicle turns out to be Sheriff Kyle who turns on his lightbar and starts to shoot at the van. Sheriff Kyle crashes his car and Max and Holly get away. Max drops Holly off at Mr. Trumball's airport and then goes to the Clover Leaf bar. Jim Powell calls to Max and offers to buy him a drink for saving Holly. A fight breaks out and John Peter McAllister's suitcase gets thrown and opens up. Sheriff Kyle starts going through his stuff and Man in Bar tells Max that he heard John can take care of himself.

Max confronts Sheriff Kyle and a fight breaks out. Sheriff Kyle tries to stab Max with the samurai sword and Max is thrown out of the bar by a Bar Fighter. He and John escape in Max's van and Max tells him of a ninja he saw in Saigon. They drive to Trumball Aviation and Max speaks with Mr. Trumball and Sheriff Kyle drives up. Mr. Trumball has Holly hide John and Max and Sheriff Kyle leaves. John shows Max a photo of his daughter and Max offers to help him find her if John trains him how to be a ninja, but John tells him no. A fire breaks out and Sheriff Kyle shoots at Max and his van.

Mr. Christensen is having a party when Max confronts him and Max is thrown out of the party. John trains Max and then offers to help him deal with Christensen. John throws a throwing star at Sheriff Kyle's tire and then ties him up. Max turns on Sheriff Kyle's radio and forces him to admit setting the fire and name who helped him. John and Max go to Christensen's high-rise and Max knocks out the Security Guard. Max confronts Christensen again and tells him that Sheriff Kyle and Havilland have been arrested. Max throws a throwing star at Christensen's heart, killing him. John and Okasa fight and John wins and spares Okasa's life. Max tells John that Holly knows John's daughter and she is currently in Atlanta. As they are driving, Holly flies overhead in her plane.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 2 Out-of-Time-Step played by Timothy Van Patten

In San Francisco, John watches as Max practices walking on a tight rope. John opens a newspaper clipping with an article about Kelly Pattersen winning a breakdance marathon and standing next to her is a woman that John believes is his daughter. At the Truffles Club & Disco, Max and John walk into the club and Max tells John that the dancer is Kelly. As Max is trying to sneak backstage, Jerry stops him and forces him into a seat.

A Patron in Bar tells Jerry that there is trouble at the front of the club, and while Jerry is distracted, Max sneaks backstage. He tries to ask Lady on Phone something, but she ignores him and asks another dancer for a pencil. He finds Kelly and introduces himself and starts to ask her about Terry, but she tells him that she has to meet someone and leaves. Jerry walks into the room and he and Max get into a fight in which Max throws a shuriken at him. Kelly writes down the address of Terry for Max and then picks up and pets Henry. She tells Max that Terry is hooked on drugs. When John finds out Max used a shuriken he drags him out of the club and chastises him for using it. As Max and John are driving away, they are followed by Lika, Bodyguard another Bodyguard and other men. Max and John pull over behind a semi and John climbs up a telephone pole. He walks across a telephone line until he is over one of the cars following them and then jumps on the car, breaks the windshield and steals the steering wheel and the car crashes into the bay.

As Kelly is going to the club, she is grabbed by a Bodyguard. Max fights him and wins, but is then beaten by Lika. Max goes into Truffles and tells them that Kelly was kidnapped and Jonathon Chan calls Charlie Pattersen and tells him to pay 20,000 dollars in order to get Kelly back. Jill Pattersen goes to deliver the money in an alley and Lika takes the money. As Lika and a Bodyguard drive away, John climbs under their vehicle and hooks on to it as it drives away. Max finds John and convinces him to let him go along to rescue Kelly. John and Max break into the building and rescue Kelly after knocking Jonathan and a bodyguard unconscious. They then use a high wire to escape. Back at Truffles, Charlie plays one of his audition tapes for a private birthday party for himself. Charlie gets up and does some dance moves and then Jill gets up and walks to him and they dance for a short time. She sits back down and the other party members dance. Kelly tells John that the Terry she knows is not his daughter.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 3 State of the Union played by Timothy Van Patten

Max is running in the sand when he gets back to his van and finds John already waiting for him. Max notices John doesn't even seem winded, and John tells him that he is tired, but has learned how to lower his heart rate. They drive to the Clearwater Dirt Scrambles Annual motocross championship race. Max, who is a competitor, tells John that it will be easy money and asks him to watch Henry for him. Hog and Max get into a fake argument and then hug. Max says hello to Carrie Brown and the race begins and during the race, Chad Webster tries to make Carrie crash. Carrie wins the race, but as she crosses the finish line, Chad hits her dirt bike and after she crashes, runs her legs over. Max invites her to dinner, but Carrie tells him no.

Max and John drive to the cannery so Max can look for a job. As they are sitting in their van, John notices a crate being lowered precariously over Man on Dock. The crate falls onto Man on Dock and John uses a large shuriken to cut the rope and it topples into the water. Max asks Carrie out on a date again and she tells him to meet her at the Seaside Shanty. During the night, Max finds John laying on the ground with no pulse. Max starts to do chest compressions on him and John wakes up and tells him that he was just using his mind to slow his heart rate down. Max and John arrive at the Seaside Shanty and Max goes to meet Carrie. The Waitress tells Carrie that she was told not to serve her and Max orders a double order of what he wants. A fight breaks out between Max and the locals that includes a Seaside Shanty Patron versus Hog and his club. Max is thrown out of the bar and John uses a smoke bomb to escape with Carrie.

Max, John and Carrie leave in Max's van and she tells them how her brother and others disappeared after causing trouble at the cannery. They drop her off and the next day at the cannery, Carrie tells Max that no one wants to talk to her and Chad tells Carrie that she is fired. At the union meeting, a Man worries what Chad will think if they form a union. Asian Girl says she can't afford to give up her pay and Girl says she can't afford to lose work since her husband is sick. Max gives a motivating speech and Asian Girl stands up and says she will sign the petition and others follow suit. At the hotel, Chad and a group of thugs attack John and he manages to get away when Max rides up on his dirt bike. Chad and his thugs chase after Max and John and John makes both of Chad's jeeps crash.

Max and John go to Carrie's house and when she answers the door she shows them how someone tore her house apart and wrote no union organizer on her wall. John and Max drive to the cannery to look for evidence and find files on people including Carrie's brother who were taken to Old Point. Chad, Ralph Carter and the thugs attack Max and John in the van and shoot at it. Max crashes the van and Ralph tells Chad that John is dead. John's body is put in a jeep and Max manages to run away. Max manages to get to Carrie before Chad does, but they are captured before they can leave. They are taken to Old Point cemetery where graves are dug for them. Chad point the gun at Ralph and John suddenly wakes up and grabs Chad and throws him in the grave. A fight breaks out and Chad, Ralph and the thugs lose. At the cannery plant they hold the union vote which passes. John and Max say goodbye to Carrie and Max tells her that he will see her next year at the motocross championship.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 4 Hostages played by Timothy Van Patten

Max is flying an ultralight plane while John is giving him direction. Max sees a car driving erratically down a curvy road. Max flies close to the car and tells Alicia Clayton to reach out to him and she manages to climb onto the plane before her car crashes. He tells her to let go when he gets near John and John catches her. Alicia tells Max that the brakes went out on the car and she invites them to a party her father is having for a European Summit. At the garden party, John tells Max of when he met someone on Honolulu during VJ day. Suddenly a helicopter hovers overhead. Terrorist/Waiter, Terrorist/Waiter, Terrorist/Waiter, Terrorist/Waiter, Terrorist/Waiter, and Terrorist/Waiter pull out weapons and disarm the security. The helicopter lands as does another.

A group of hostages are taken including Alicia, Senator Clayton, Second Hostage, Third Hostage and First Hostage. Clayton is able to escape, but the Terrorists leave with the other prisoners. Max runs towards one of the helicopters and is grazed in the hand by a bullet. John and Max are arrested and later Max tells Henry that he was released, because they had no evidence against him and he heard John is heading towards the terrorist compound. Max drives towards the compound and starts flying in the ultralight plane. Max saves Alicia as she is about to be raped by Palin. John finds Max and Alicia and tells him to get a vehicle ready to rescue the hostages in. Serena and Max get into a fight and Max knocks her unconscious with a smoke bomb. Max leaves with Alicia and the hostages while John and Mallory climb down the compound wall. Mallory thanks John and the assault team arrives. Max kisses Alicia and then leaves with John.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 5 High Rollers played by Timothy Van Patten

Max is at the top of a cliff when John has him rappel down the cliff. Max reaches the bottom of the cliff and John is already waiting for him at the bottom. In Las Vegas, Max and John are riding in Max's van to visit with Max's ex-girlfriend Tracy when they are driven off the road by John Craig. Max checks to see if Henry is okay and John tells him that Craig had a bumper sticker from the Grand Palace Casino. At the casino, John goes to look for Craig while Max goes to meet Tracy. Tracy is rehearsing for the Choreographer when Max walks into the room and starts watching her. After her rehearsal, Randy Blake stops Tracy and tells her that they need her to get them the key. She tells him that she won't do it and Max sees them arguing and gets into a fight with Randy and George Weston. The Guard breaks up the fight and Tracy leaves with Max.

Max and Tracy talk and she asks him about his father. As they are about to kiss, Suzie interrupts them. Suzie asks him if he is married or has any kids. James Farland walks up to Tracy and tells her to get back to work. John finds Max in the casino and tells him about Craig trying to run him over. He then gives instructions to Max and Max wins in poker. As they are walking, Mildred grabs John's arm and offers to see him later. Max steals a casino uniform and asks Sally if he can get into Randy's room and she lets him. He searches Randy's room and finds a map of the casino and takes it. Randy, George and Shana walk into the room before Max can leave. Craig enters the room and tells the others about John finding the weapons. Max runs out the room and Craig shoots at him and Randy decides to move when they rob the casino to that night. Max shows John the map and they find Tracy crying. She tells them that Randy took Suzie and they want her to get a key from James. She hands them an address where she thinks Suzie might be held.

Max and John go to the warehouse and are tied up by Craig and George who set the warehouse on fire. John manages to get loose and he and Max escape the warehouse. As Randy is about to shoot Tracy, Max kicks him unconscious and escapes with Tracy to the roof of the casino. Randy goes to the roof and as he is about to shoot them, Max rappels down the building with Tracy. Max and John head towards a ghost town that Tracy thought Suzie might be held at. John knocks George unconscious, while Max knocks Matteson and Randy unconscious. He then sets Shana free. John and Craig get into a fight and Craig grabs Suzie when he loses. He has Shana throw him the suitcase full of money, but as he is trying to escape, John does a flying kick into his back. Before leaving the ghost town, John tells Max that he always wanted to be a cowboy. John gives Suzie a ninja outfit and Mildred calls John handsome.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 6 Fat Tuesday played by Timothy Van Patten

In New Orleans during Mardi Gras, while Max is driving his van with John and Henry inside, Max reads an article linking Beaumont to criminal activities that has a photo that looks similar to John's daughter, Terry. Meanwhile, John is practicing getting out of ropes tied around his wrists, which he eventually succeeds at. As Eve Michaels is walking to her car she is grabbed by Cole, Marco and Hedison. Max sees them and pulls into the parking lot and tells them to let Eve go. Cole pulls out a gun and John uses a chain to disarm him. A fight breaks out and Cole and the others leave when they hear police sirens.

Eve introduces herself to John and Max and she tells John that Terry told her all about him. They go to a jazz club and she tells them about her old writing partner Allen Perry who disappeared and how he was investigating Beaumont's connections in Zurich. Willie introduces herself to them and welcomes them to her club. Harriet mistakes John for someone named Leroy Hodges from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Before leaving she tells him where she is staying. John asks Eve where Terry is, but she tells him she won't find out until 24 hours. Willie tells Max and John where to find Beaumont's plantation. John and Max drive to Beaumont's plantation where a costume party is going on. Max makes a makeshift costume out of a bicorne and a pink table cloth, while John wears his ninja uniform.

Max listens in as Beaumont makes plans for getting the weapons. He goes to tell John, but instead tells Okasa, who is also dressed as a ninja and they get in a fight which Okasa wins. Marco and Hedison grab Max who acts like he knows someone he calls Cynthia and falls in the pool with her. They call Eve and tell her what they found out. Eve's story gets published and Cole and Hedison meet a Courier who gives them an airline ticket, which is then stolen by Max and John. John sends Max to find Eve. Max shows Eve the airline ticket and then asks her the truth about Terry. While they are talking, Cole, Marco and Hedison kidnap Eve. Max goes to the police and tells Lieutenant Kramer that Eve was kidnapped, but Kramer doesn't believe him.

Max tries to sneak onto Beaumont's property and is knocked unconscious by Cole. Max is brought to where Eve is being held. Max gets himself free and frees Eve and they escape with John who saves them when Marco pulls a gun on them. John tells Eve to go to the police while he and Max go to the armory. Marco and Hedison drive to the armory, but are knocked unconscious by John and Max after John finds out where they were taking the weapons. John and Max go to the marina and attack Beaumont, Cole and Phillips. While John and Beaumont are on the boat it catches fire and explodes and John drags Beaumont to shore.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 7 Juggernaut played by Timothy Van Patten

While Max and John are driving in Max's van, they notice how dry the area is. John brings up how Max is constantly getting into fights. As they drive into the town of Riverton, Max promises that he won't leave through the window of a bar again. Max walks into the nearby bar and as he walks in, Cat Sinclair, who is playing pool, smiles at him. Alan Kane starts to harass Cat and grabs her arm and starts to hurt it. Max tells him to let Cat go and gets the attention of Deputy Landen, who says he is off duty. Max refuses to fight and Kane throws a glass of beer in his face and then throws Max out of the bar window. John walks up to Max, who tells him that he tried not to fight and they both walk into the bar where Kane is forcibly kissing and slapping Cat. John and Max then proceed to beat up Kane and his friends until Landen stops them. Joe and Steamhammer watch as Joe's watermelons are run over on purpose by a thug in a jeep. Max, John and Cat drive up and Steamhammer gets in the jeep and the driver drives away. Cat apologizes to Joe for what happened and John and Max drive Cat home.

Max and John drive away and John jokes that the last time he was with a woman was when Noah's Ark sailed. They are almost hit by a semi, who runs them off the road and Max crashes the van. They are towed into town and see the same semi drive into town. Max hides in the semi trailer while John goes back to speak with Maggie Sinclair. Max sneaks out of the trailer when it arrives at its destination. Max overhears Kane and Steamhammer talking to Hellman and Hellman tells them to send Maggie a message. Max escapes by using a pole to vault over the chain link fence, but is arrested by Landen.

Max is placed in a cell next to Sutter who recognizes him from the White Line bar fight. An Officer brings what appears to be a drunk into the jail and places him in the cell with Sutter. Landen opens Max's cell and tells him to leave and the drunk, who is John in disguise, breaks his cell door open and Max knocks Landen, who is distracted, unconscious and he and John leave. Max and Cat kiss and in the morning, the farmer convoy starts up. John gets into a crop duster and pours pesticide over the convoy, hiding it from view. Kane detonates IED's, but misses the convoy vehicles. The farmers get out and take the truckers hostage and Joe is revealed to the others as a traitor. Kane manages to escape and meets Hellman at the White Line bar. Max and John go there and throw Kane out the window and beat up the other bar patrons and John tells Hellman that Maggie says goodbye. Sutter tells them that if they joined forces with the drunk that helped Max out of jail, they would be unstoppable. At the farm, Max tells Henry that it is usually him getting a kiss while John waits in the van. Cat gets into the van and tells Max that she is coming with them and kisses him and John gets into the van and they leave.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 8 The Good, the Bad, and the Priceless played by Timothy Van Patten

John, Max, and Cat are being driven around by a Cabbie in New York City. The Cabbie asks them if they have ever been to New York City and John tells him that he was there in 1938. He takes them to 612 East 43rd Street where Terry last worked as a model. John, Max and Cat walk into the agency office and when Jerry Osborne sees John, he says he is perfect for his Pit Stop deodorant advertisement. John tells him no thank you and then shows Campbell a photo of Terry. Campbell tells them that she just signed with the agency, but he doesn't have her phone number and she is very secretive. He tells them to speak with Gina who may know where she is. At Simon Garrett's Summer Fashion Show, Max goes into the changing tent and asks Model 2 if she knows where Terry is. Model 2 tells him that Terry just walked towards the house. Gina, disguised as Terry, is chased by Rosetti. A Thug pulls a gun on her and John and Max start fighting the Thug and other security. Rosetti pulls a gun on John and Max after Simon uses one of John's weapons on Max and Simon tells John and Max to leave.

At Rusterman's restaurant, John meets with Gina and introduces her to Max and Cat. Max tells John that tomorrow he is leaving with Cat and Henry and tells John to keep in touch. John meets Gina and Rosetti and Palmer try to run them over. Max tries to help them, but is knocked unconscious by a thug. John meets with Simon and Simon tells him about the plan to break into the Manhattan Museum of Modern Art to steal the jewels. Max and John sneak into the museum. They knock Sampson unconscious and use their ninja skills to get past security systems including using mirrors to block the laser security system. John and Max steal the jewels and escape in Max's van with Cat. John calls Simon and tells him to meet him at the pier. Simon and Rosetti arrive and Max demands to see Terry or he will drop the jewels in the ocean. They take Gina out of the car and Max is confused. He hands over the jewels and Gina is released. Rosetti pulls a gun on Max and a fight breaks out and Simon escapes while John and Max fight Rosetti and the thugs. Later, Gina apologizes to John and says she hopes he finds Terry soon. Jerry goes up to John and shows him the advertisement design of someone similar looking to John, but John declines and tells him he never dresses as a cowboy.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 9 Kunoichi played by Timothy Van Patten

In Washington, D.C., John and Max are driving when John tells Max about the first time he met Brian Elkwood. Max carries Henry around with him as he travels around D.C. Okasa goes into Max and John's hotel room and finds John's suitcase full of weapons. Max walks in and he and Okasa fight. Okasa wins and leaves with one of John's knives. Max gets into his van and follows him. Max follows Okasa to a house and goes into the house and overhears Okasa and Ron Gordon talking. Ron gets a phone call and tells Okasa that his student called and they are stepping up the assassination to that night. A security man attacks Max, but he is able to get away in his van. Two security guys then follow Max.

Max, who is still being chased, manages to get away. Allison Grant finds Max and tells him that John is being transferred to a Federal prison. Max rescue John from the transport van and they escape in Max's van. Max tells John about Okasa being paid to murder Brian. They drive back to the house where Max followed Okasa. John grabs Okasa and threatens to break his neck and asks when the next assassination attempt on Brian will be. Ron tells them where they were going to kill Brian and the ninja shoots the gun out of Max's hand and reveals themselves to be Allison. John and Max are then tied up. John swings towards a light bulb and breaks it. He then uses a piece of the broken bulb to cut himself free. At the piano concert, Max goes inside the concert hall. Okasa sees him and knocks him unconscious. As Allison is about to shoot Brian, John stops her and Max grabs Ron and tells Brian that Ron is the mole. John unmasks Allison and Brian salutes him. Brian apologizes to John and then thanks him.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 10 The Java Tiger played by Timothy Van Patten

In Honolulu, Hawaii, John and Max arrive at their hotel. When they get out of the taxi, a Hawaiian Girl gives Max a lei and he flirts with her. Max notices an advertisement for Shelley Fairchild. Max and John get dropped off by a taxi and hear Shelley scream and save her. They introduce themselves to Shelley and she tells them that Leo Fairchild was killed four days ago. They walk on Waikiki Beach and she tells them that he left her a deed to Pali Kai island that he won in a poker game. She continues that the deed came with a map that shows where a valuable treasure is hidden. She tells them about Kruger who wanted the map and that she found Leo dead with one half of the map. John suggests he meets with his old friend Kito Harris of the Honolulu police.

Max tells Shelley about how he met John and she kisses him. As they are walking, Draper, Thug 1 and Thug 2 confront them and Draper pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot Max if Shelley doesn't tell him where a map piece is. John shows up and helps Max, but is knocked unconscious by Draper. As Draper is about to shoot John and Max, a man drives by and starts shooting at Draper, who then runs away along with Thug 1 and Thug 2. In the evening John and Max go to a luau and listen to Shelley sing. A Waitress asks Max and John if they want any champagne and John flirts with her. Max and John borrow Shelley's car and drive to Kruger's rented house. They break into the house, but they are caught by Draper and the two Thugs. Max manages to escape, but John is captured by Kruger. Max goes back to the hotel and tells Shelley what happened to John.

Shelley drives to Kruger's house and tells Thug 1 that she brought the map piece. Max sneaks onto the property. John manages to get himself free and meets up with Max. As they are about to be captured again, Leo drives up and saves them again and they all get into his vehicle and drive away. Leo pulls a gun on John and orders him to help him get the Java Tiger. Leo drives them to his office and he retrieves the half of the map. They go to Pali Kai island and Max ambushes Thug 1 and Thug 2, but has to be helped by John. Kruger and Draper pull guns on them, but Leo saves them. Kruger gets away and the volcano on the island starts to erupt. John and the others go into the cave. They find the Java Tiger, but Kruger takes the gun from Leo. The volcano further erupts and John and Kruger fight while Max leads Shelley and Leo out of the cave. John drags Kruger's body out of the cave and tells Leo he didn't grab the Java Tiger. Leo tries to run back into the cave as it collapses, but is dragged away by John and Max.

During the events of The Master: Season 1 Episode 11 Failure to Communicate played by Timothy Van Patten

John is training Max on how to fight using his senses. They drive in Max's van to visit Patrick. They hear gunshots and see Kathy Hunter running across the road towards a cemetery. Straker and two other men continue to shoot at her and they eventually catch her. John and Max fight Straker and his men and rescue Kathy. They get into Max's van and Kathy introduces herself to John and Max. John introduces her to Max and Henry. Max goes to Patrick's law office and he meets Laura Crane, who is able to smell the scent of the cemetery on Max's clothes. She then continues to detect other activities he did, also based on smells. They introduce themselves and Max realizes that she is blind. She asks to touch his face and brings up that the day after his mom and brother's funeral, he abandoned his father. She tells him that Patrick missed his court appointment and is at the bar. Max and Laura walk into the bar and as Straker and his men are leaving, Max runs into them and a fight breaks out. Patrick tries to help Max and as John is walking to the bar, Patrick is thrown through the window.

John helps Max beat up Straker and his men. John walks Laura home while Max talks with Patrick. Max and Patrick argue and Max chastises Patrick for his heavy drinking. Max offers to help Patrick, but Patrick brushes him off. Max and John go to Kathy and Paul Stillman's wedding and a drunk Patrick walks up to them with Laura. Max goes outside with Laura. A car pulls up and two men get out and grab Patrick and Kathy and then drive away with them. Max jumps on the car and sees a map with a circle drawn on it, before he is thrown off. Max describes the map he saw to Laura and John and they realize that Patrick and Kathy were brought to the cemetery church.

John and Max go to the church and beat up Straker's men and find Kathy and Patrick and escape. The next morning, Patrick admits to Max to his involvement in Kathy's kidnapping and asks to help rescue Laura. They sneak onto Paul's boat. Straker sees Max sneaking around and Max and Patrick fight him and knock him unconscious. Max and Patrick split up and Max rescues Laura. Someone turns off the lights and Laura leads Max out of the room. She senses two men in front of them and Max knocks them both unconscious. Paul pulls a gun on Max and Laura and calls him and Patrick losers. John then knocks Paul unconscious. Later, Patrick admits to Lt. Ryan his involvement in the kidnapping. Max tells Patrick that the fake bonds that supposedly had Patrick's signature were forged. Patrick then pours out a bottle of liquor and he and Max hug.